Top movies

I think last week's list of the top five albums of all time went quite swimingly. I've been reading Douglas Adams and I can't seem to get this English nonsense out of my language. This week I am going to impart on you, my readers/ friends, my top five movie list of all time. Once again, new movies don't count as they have not reached legacy status yet. But just as an aside I have to recommend Garden State and Secret Window. Both excellent movies. Ok, my top five movies if I were stranded on a desert island and I had a DVD player, TV and an unlimited supply of electricity, I would want to watch these over and over again.

1) L.A. Story - Steve Martin did for the West Coast what Woody Allen had done for the East Coast. Except I can't stand Woody Allen. When I lived in the Midwest I watched this movie and thought it was a hillarious exaggeration of Southern California, but not that I live here, I can say that it really is a refreshing look at a very strange culture.
Basically I could pick just about any Steve Martin movie (Dead Men Don't Where Plaid, The Jerk, Roxanne) but I think L.A. Story really did it for me. Plus Sarah Jessica Parker sure looked hot in this movie as SanDeE.

2) The Nightmare Before Christmas - Tim Burton's view on holidays and where they come from is incomparable. The songs are great, the story line is hilarious and the characters are wonderful. Plus, Danny Elfman (singer/ songwriter for this as well as many other Burton movies) is from Oingo Boingo. That's gotta get a movie a few extra points.

3) Strange Brew - This movie has it all: beer, hockey, women, beer, music, evil, beer, McKenzie brothers, beer and a flying dog. Seriously, what more could you want in a movie. I don't know why the Academy Awards hasn't bestowed a lifetime award for this movie as the Greatest Movie of All Time. Enough said.

4) The Matrix - "Do you hear that sound Mr. Anderson, that is the sound of inevitability." What a great movie! The first of its kind to have those stunts and in spite of Keannu Reeves performance, a very believable movie. The premise was outstanding. Why didn't I think of something like that? The remaining movies in the series were really only there to milk profits, so this is the only one that counts.

5) Okay, here is where it gets tough. A lot of movies should make the list: Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, The Big Lebowksi, but I am going to have to with 12 Monkeys. This was early Brad Pitt when he wasn't afraid to really act and Bruce Willis in his only good role (angry man). The ending still blows me away even though I have seen it probably a half dozen times in the last two years,

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